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IVOA InterOperability Meeting Overview. Dave De Young Baltimore 26 – 31 October 2008. IVOA Goals. An Alliance of Projects for: Developing Interoperability Standards Enhancing Communication Fostering Collaboration Cultivating VO Awareness and Usage by The Astronomical Community.
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IVOA InterOperability Meeting Overview Dave De Young Baltimore 26 – 31 October 2008
IVOA Goals • An Alliance of Projects for: • Developing Interoperability Standards • Enhancing Communication • Fostering Collaboration • Cultivating VO Awareness and Usage by The Astronomical Community
Some Events Since Trieste • Euro-VO DCA Workshop: 23 – 27 June • NVO Team Meeting : 30 June – 1 July • 10th Asian-Pacific Regional IAU: 3 – 6 Aug • IVOA Exec: Telecon 7 August • TCG Telecon: 4 September • NVO Summer School : 3 – 11 September • JENAM 2008 – Vienna: 8 – 12 September • Ast. Data and VO – Kiev: 5 – 8 October • VO Information Day – Lisbon: 23 – 24 October
Some Events Since Trieste • ADQL to RFC • GWS: VOSpace to RFC • GWS: Credential Delegation Protocol to RFC • Document Standards to RFC • DAL Progress on TAP Working Draft • Theory IG: Microsimulation Protocol Note • Semantics: Stellar Spectral Classes Note
Highlights from Exec Meeting • Reports from WG/IG Chairs • Focus on Current WG/IG Problems and Issues • Provides Essential Input for Exec Discussion • Reports on Newsletter, Ad Hoc Working Groups • Issues: • RFC and Promotion Process • Promotion to Standard from IGs • May Interop: Strasbourg
Status of Prospective New Members and Inactive Projects • Argentine – Initial Contact Made • Australia – Currently Inactive • Brasil – Funding Pending • Bulgaria – Continuing Interest • Chile – Under Development • Korea – Currently Inactive • Portugal – Emerging Interest • Romania – Under Development • Turkey - Possible Initiative
IVOA Assessment Follow-Up • Some Major Issues from the Survey: • Pace of Promotion to Standards • IVOA and the Astronomy Community • Communication within IVOA • Functioning of WGs and IGs • Transition to Operations • Website; Relation to Other Disciplines
IVOA Assessment Follow-Up • Formation of ad hoc Assessment Working Group • F. Genova, R. Hanisch, M. Ohishi, F. Pasian, N. Walton, D. De Young (chair) • Identify Major or Urgent Issues, Develop Recommendations • Report Adopted by Exec May 2008 • Major Areas of Concern: • Comunication – Internal and External • IVOA, Data Centers, Astronomy Community, Other Disciplines • IVOA in the Era of Operations, Validation
IVOA Assessment Follow-Up • Progress Made to Date: • Website Redesigned; Continually Improved • (Thank you, Bruno) • Number of Interop Parallel Sessions Reduced • Terms & Function of WG/IG Chairs Clarified • Links to Exec Made More Clear • Format of October Interop Meetings Revised
IVOA Assessment Follow-Up – Recent Developments • Formation of Take-Up Working Group • Established During Trieste Interop • M. Allen, D. De Young, E. Hatziminaoglou, A. Kembhavi, A. Lawrence, P. Padovani • Discussed Problems, Forwarded Report to Exec • Extremely Important Issue – Survival of VO • Direct IVOA Role: Interop Presentations on Needs of Astronomy Community • Support Dedicated Workshops; Gather Information • Support VO Portals – Tools and Techniques
IVOA Assessment Follow-Up – Recent Developments • Formation of Liaison Working Group • C. Arviset, D. De Young, F. Genova, M. Ohishi, F. Pasian, N. Walton • Follow-on to Trieste Plenary and Special Sessions • Establish Liaison with Other Disciplines • Explore Mutual Problems and Areas of Interest • Developing Tools, Standards, & Protocols • Communicate Results, Experience • Common or Recurrent Themes or Needs – Standards? • STP, Planetary Science, Particle Physics, Earth Science
IVOA Assessment Follow-Up – Recent Developments • IVOA Newsletter • Origins in Proposed APPS Newsletter – M. Allen • Editors: M. Allen, S. Emery-Bunn, E. Hatziminaoglou, R. Mann, T. McGlynn, C. Miller, A.. Richards, J. Tedds • Oversight by Subset of Exec • Charter Written and Adopted • Draft Version Created • Publication: Imminent
Coming Events • ADASS XVII – Quebec : 2 – 5 November • Euro-VO AIDA Workshop: 1 – 3 December • Euro-VO SAC: 11 – 12 December • 2nd Euro-VO AIDA Workshop: Spring 2009 • IAU General Assembly: August 2009 • VO WG Being Formed • International Year of Astronomy
Some Highlights for This Meeting • VO Front Row! • Discussions and Progress on TAP • Theory IG: SimDB, SimDAP, Microsim Note • Further Discussons of ADQL • GWS: VOSI, VOData Resource Schema • (Involves Registry, DAL) • And Many More…
IVOA Goals • An Alliance of Projects for: • Developing Interoperability Standards • Enhancing Communication • Fostering Collaboration • Cultivating VO Awareness and Usage by The Astronomical Community
Goals of IVOA – What We are About • We Are About Enabling Astronomcical Research • Development of Complex Technical Tools: • Is Essential to Some of This, But… • Because It Can Be Done Does Not Imply It Should Be Done • Near Term: Get Useful Tools & Services to Astronomers Now
Thanks to: • The Program Organizing Committee • The Local Organizing Committee